SELF-DISCIPLINE AND STEPS TO ACHIEVING SELF-DISCIPLINE

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ntroduction: Many of us must have heard about this word a thousand and one times. But what really does it mean? To be able to answer this question, we will first separate them. Lets allow them to stand alone as two entirely different words; Self and Discipline.
SELF: According to oxford advanced English Dictionary; self is a persons inner being (the mind and spirit inclusive) or a persons nature (personality)
DISCIPLINE: The oxford Advanced English Dictionary also defined discipline simply as training or control.
So therefore Self-Discipline is the training or controlling of oneself. It is the ability to force yourself to do something when you dont want to do it and restraining yourself from doing it even when you feel like doing it.
This definition adds a whole lots of credibility to the saying Govern yourself then you will be able to govern the world. Self-discipline can be considered a type of selective training, creating new habits of thought, action and speech towards improving yourself and reading new goals. It can be task oriented and selective; it is a position effort, rather than one of denial.
Self-Discipline is the backbone of every success, though there are many important qualities that can contribute to a persons achievements and happiness but there is only one that begets of life self discipline.
Despite what many think, self discipline is a learned behaviour. It requires practice and repetition in your day to day It life. It is all about change, either to establish good habits or to break bad ones. It requires training and control of oneself and ones conduct, usually for personal improvement whether in terms of your diet fitness, work, ethic or relationship. It is the ability to rule oneself.

Self-discipline is the number one trait needed to accomplish goals. Lets break it down; self discipline has a very big role to play in time management and a good time management leads to success. As you build self discipline; you build time management. Constant self discipline and self control helps one to develop greatness of character. It is the bridge between goals and accomplishments.
Yes it is good to have great qualities but knowing how to manage them is the most important. Many might think that discipline is limited to just behaviors and words alone; NO, It goes beyond that self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you dont control what you think; you can never control what you do. Self discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.
Any individual who aims for the top in any area of life must appreciate the might and force of habit. He must be quick to break those habits that can break and hasten to adopt those practices that will become the habit that will help him achieve the success he desires. Self discipline has a very big part to play in your becoming who you want to become. Self discipline is the only discipline that last. A man without decision of character can never be said to belong to himself. He belongs to what can make captive of him.
Self discipline has to do with values and priorities, For example: You are a student, you have your time table. You wake up every might to study; and then it happened that a friend invited you to an all night birthday party. Your ability or inability to reject the invitation show how self disciplined you are.
Everyone must choose one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret; the pain of discipline leads to success where as the pain of regret ultimately belongs to losers. Self discipline is an invisible magic. You cant see, taste or smell it but its effects are massive and huge.
We have famous sports people, wonderful actors and musicians all over the media today. But what we forget to see is their level of self discipline; the thousands of hours of super-focused work these people have put in behind the scene. We all know the stony of models; for anyone to be at the top in the modeling world, you have to obey some certain rules the number of hours you sleep, the number of hour you exercise and the amount and the type of food you eat
Life is not a waiting room in which you can amuse yourself while waiting for your time to come. To succeed in life you must develop some set of rules, laws and codes; you must set boundaries.
Best selling Author Robert T. Kiyosaki in his book Rich Dad and Dad made mention of cash flow management as one among the three management skills needed for success. But the role of self discipline must not be relegated to the background; for example a good cash flow management includes our ability to differentiate between wants and needs.
You find self discipline even in religion; your ability to stick to your prayer schedules, study the Holy books, observe the Holy feasts/ days and abstain from sin is self discipline.


HOW TO ACHIEVE SELF DISCIPLINE
The task of achieving self-discipline is not simple as it many look. In fact it is difficult to achieve compared to other life skills. But it will be easier if you follow these steps:-
SELF CONTROL: Learn to say NO to your destructive feeling, uncontrolled cravings and selfish desires. Our primal self satisfying desires constantly demand appropriate control, and if we continue to satisfy the need of urges we weaken our self control.
The desire to have everything all the time can dominate every action of our lives.
Count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. It is far more difficult to exert self control over our lives today than any other time in human history and we see the result everywhere.

MOTIVATION: It is the fuel that gives our success engine its drive. Motivation is a group of reasons that develop a desire to accomplish any task.
It is responsible for creating actions, thoughts and situations that are directed towards a particular accomplishment. There is no need trying to master self discipline if you lack the motivation to have it. For example: A young footballer that goes to training every morning just because the parents insist he must go will never be at the top of his game; simply because the motivation is not within him.

PERSISTENCE: Self discipline does not come without experiencing failure, and the only way to defeat failure is through persistence and perseverance. This is the most common reason for peoples lack of self discipline. It is because they failed once or twice at controlling their life that they became afraid to try again.

GOAL: Clear and specific goals are the essential foundation of not only self-discipline but also a lifetime of success. Without clearly defining short term and life long goals, you have no use for self discipline. Self discipline goals are somewhat different from success-oriental goals because self discipline goals are defined by personal improvement. Once you identify areas of your life that you wish to gain control over, you have set your goal. For example: I am going to gain control of my finances by sticking to my scheduled budget each and everyday for the next six months.






CONCLUSION

Research has proven that people with High self discipline are happier than those without. This is true because the self disciplined are more capable of dealing with goal conflicts. They spend less time debating whether to indulge in behaviors detrimental (harmful) to their goals and are able to make positive decision more easily.
The self discipline do not allow their choices to be dictated by impulses or feelings, instead, they make informed, rational decisions on a daily basis without feeling overly stressed or upset.....For more of my writings visit my page: https://mobile.facebook.com/Scribbling-Me-1452252151742543/

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It reminds me of a book titled Rich dad, poor dad.